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MRS. SMITH'S GREAT PARTY.

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TWO OTHER DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS.

yonder!" he whispered. “If I am not mistaken, one of them kept a barber's shop imissn New York, and shaved me there, not a year ago. I Wonder where Mr. Smith picked them up."

“But are you sure” asked Lucy, in innocent surprise. “Mr. Smith himself told me that they were friends of the count."

“The count,” said he, “is no more a Pole than I am. I spoke to him in Polish, and he answered in the vilest French, with a Milesian accent.”

They were still laughing heartily at this, when Mrs. Smith approached.

“My dear Mr. Poultney," she said, “I fear you ﬁnd it dull. Pray, let me see you enjoying yourself. Dear Amelia Ann has not yet had the honor of being presented to you." So saying, she dragged him off.

The dancing now waxed hot and furious. To cotillions succeeded waltzes; to waltzes the grand

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DO YOU POLK?

polka. Lucy neither waltzed, nor polked, but she looked on amused. The three distinguished foreigners shone brilliantly in the grand polka. The count especially astonished everybody by

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